Philosophical Influences

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  1. 3. In classical republican philosophy, the needs of the _______ are more important than individual liberty
  2. 4. According to natural rights philosophers, gov't is created to protect people's...
  3. 7. This man was a classical republican philosopher.
  4. 10. Classical republican philosophy originated in the country in 500 BC
  5. 13. Term: the gov't gets its authority from the agreement of the people
  6. 15. Term: if the gov't becomes corrupted, the people have a duty to withdraw their social contract
  7. 16. Natural rights philosophy originated on this continent around 1600
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  1. 1. Term: an agreement to create and set up a gov't
  2. 2. According to natural rights philosophers, to ensure gov't doesn't become too powerful/corrupted, gov't must be...
  3. 5. Natural right philosophers believed that individual rights could not be given or taken away. Those right are ...
  4. 6. Term: demonstrated when an individual shows dedication to the common good at the cost of individual interests
  5. 7. another word for sovereignty (governing authority)
  6. 8. According the classical republican philosophers, the purpose of gov't was to do what was best for...
  7. 9. In order for citizens to learn their civic and moral duties, they must receive an...
  8. 11. Term: Doing what is best for society as a whole
  9. 12. This natural rights philosopher greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson
  10. 13. another word for popular
  11. 14. In natural rights philosophy, philosophers imagined a "state of nature" - a society with no gov't, no laws, no controls. Life in a state of nature could be characterized as filled with...